Agenda item

(Member lead: Cllr S Hinchcliffe, Director: Angela Taylor)

·         Procedure Standing Orders

·         Access to Information Annex

·         Code of Practice for recording meetings

·         Scrutiny Standing Orders

·         Contracts Standing Orders

·         Financial Regulations

·         Best Practice Recommendations

·         Code of Conduct for Members

·         Procedure for complaints

·         Conflicts of Interest Policy

·         Conflicts of Interest Protocol

The Combined Authority considered a report of the Director of Corporate Services in respect of amendments to the Combined Authority’s governance documents.

Resolved:

(a)       That the Combined Authority approves the governance documents attached to the submitted report in the following appendices:

·         Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 1

·         Access to Information Annex to Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 2

·         Code of Practice for recording meetings – Appendix 3

·         Scrutiny Standing Orders – Appendix 4

·         Contracts Standing Orders – Appendix 5

·         Financial Regulations – Appendix 6

(b)       That the Combined Authority notes the summary of recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life set out in the report (including the best practice recommendations set out in Appendix 7), and the Governance and Audit Committee be requested to review the report issued by the Committee on Standards in Public Life and make any further recommendations in respect of the Combined Authority’s standards arrangements. 

(c)        That in relation to standards arrangements, the Combined Authority approves the following:

·         Members’ Code of Conduct – Appendix 8

·         Procedure for Considering Complaints against Members – Appendix 9

·         Conflicts of Interest Policy - Appendix 10

·         Conflicts of Interest Protocol - Appendix 11

(d)       That the Combined Authority agrees the proposals set out in the report, in relation to dispensation arrangements.